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squirrel

[skwur-uhl, skwuhr-, skwir-uhl] / ˈskwɜr əl, ˈskwʌr-, ˈskwɪr əl /


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And at East Bay Hardware, Emma chased a squirrel into the store that took two days to remove.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

"Secondly, greys have squirrel pox - it doesn't affect them but they transmit it to red squirrels and it's fatal for them. It's a horrible disease and causes them ulcers and blindness."

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

The squirrel monkey, which relies strongly on vision, has a brain dominated by the neocortex.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

A Tigers spokesperson told The Times on Tuesday that the team’s understanding is that the squirrel was in “fine health” after it was removed and released.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

A squirrel leaped onto the bench and watched him.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

The network said it wanted to support plans which helped local communities celebrate red squirrels and reconnect with nature, such as themed walks or improving spaces linked to conservation.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Of course he was, along with the two stuffed squirrels Haaland had also picked up at a Western-themed store in Dallas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

After Coleman died, he said he had had to buy a new petrol can because squirrels had been destroying the other cans he had on site.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

His haul ended up including two taxidermy squirrels as well — one dressed as a sheriff and the other posed to look like it is drinking out of a Budweiser can.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

They hurried through more strips of forest, passing squirrels and birds and groundhogs and other friendly creatures.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

The funds we squirreled away back then help buffer us from inflation in retirement now.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"I haven't been on wages for the past two weeks. I'm now dipping into savings, money that I've squirreled away for retirement, with no insight into exactly when this will be over."

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2025

Dramatizations, love letters, photographs and home videos paint a portrait of a happy couple who squirreled a life for themselves away from the public eye.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025

It was from frankly upsetting circumstances, so I’ve squirreled it away in some high-yield savings accounts and continued to live comfortably off my regular income.

From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2024

My heart squirreled in my chest at the thought of my new home, now within reach.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

"He's tucked away in the roof which is exactly the reason really. Mary wasn't meant to have the body so obviously squirrelled him away up in the attic."

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2024

During the late 2000s, when Pliny the Younger became the most sought-after ale in North America, Brouwer’s had kegs of the triple IPA squirrelled away.

From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024

Given the lax-to-nonexistent policing in Ottawa, it’s impossible to know what else could be squirrelled away in the convoy’s warren of vehicles, tents, and bases.

From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2022

Before they left, they squirrelled away tens of billions of dollars in government funds in a network of private bank accounts around the world.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 16, 2019

He has squirrelled some rich material from unpublished correspondence and forgotten cassette tapes.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 22, 2013

But, mindful of fluctuating costs, they have also been taking steps to reduce their fuel consumption, while "squirreling away that extra little bit of cash".

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

You have to choose — there’s no squirreling out of it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

In his early working years, he was a lifeguard and installed sprinkler systems, squirreling away his earnings with the goal of starting a private investment firm.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2021

The crystal ball is also brightening at several big banks, who are no longer squirreling away as much money to cover loans that a long downturn could force to go bad.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2021

She'd seen both her mother and father do it so many times during her childhood, squirreling away money from their business to avoid the prying eyes—and pockets—of the bankers of the Marvellian Mint.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

He still rereads his manuscripts from the beginning each day—an increasing burden, as each book goes on—stripping away what’s superfluous and squirrelling new ideas into the gaps.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 9, 2019

In early 2016 some analysts fretted that consumers were squirrelling away the money they were saving on cheap petrol, and so denying the economy a needed fillip.

From Economist ● Dec. 14, 2017

Frances Smith said: "We have support from people on all sides – it's not just bookshops, it's also other independent retailers who are struggling, while these multinational companies are squirrelling away money."

From The Guardian ● Jul. 2, 2013

Unbeknown to them, Farepak, the savings club they were squirrelling their cash into, was in serious trouble.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2012

And Switzerland's banking privacy is under threat from a long-running dispute with the US, which takes a dim view of its wealthier citizens squirrelling away funds in Swiss banks to avoid tax.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 9, 2011


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